The other strong contender at the time was Tcl, especially when combined with the graphical library as tcl/tk. Python implemented tk as well given it's populari

The other strong contender at the time was Tcl, especially when combined with the graphical library as tcl/tk. Python implemented tk as well given it's popularity. Tcl's extensibility led to expect, which was very useful for automating scripting over telnet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect